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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| 5th Century Athens | 6/22/2011 | Hank Hokamp |
| Q: is the city state of Athens justified when regarding itself as the center of the Greek world during ... A: Achlinn. Thanks, again, for your questions: As I said, after many years of hard fighting, Sparta ... | ||
| 5th Century Athens | 6/20/2011 | Hank Hokamp |
| Q: is the city state of Athens justified when regarding itself as the center of the Greek world during ... A: I think you're a new visitor to AllExperts. WELCOME! Ancient Greek philosophy developed during ... | ||
| Burial Story | 6/19/2011 | Hank Hokamp |
| Q: I'm really sorry but I'm trying to remember something I read about a great leader/general's burial. ... A: Jamal. Thanks for yourAt the time of the great immigrations at the turn of the 19th c. and the ... | ||
| sailing from Athens to Constantinople | 6/16/2011 | Hank Hokamp |
| Q: Could you please tell what kind of ship one would buy passage on to get from Athens to ... A: Anne: 1. Considered the best shipbuilders of the time, the Phoenicians designed boats that ... | ||
| sailing from Athens to Constantinople | 6/16/2011 | Hank Hokamp |
| Q: Hoping you and your family survived the tornado storms. We watched the media reports and were very ... A: Anne, for your consideration and friendship. I'm helping other people at this time and I just hope ... | ||
| Minoans | 6/14/2011 | Maria |
| Q: Where did the original Minoans come from? A: still today nobody knows for sure where the original Minoans came from. Some scholars say that the ... | ||
| 14th Century | 6/1/2011 | Conrad T. Jalowski |
| Q: Can you explain the economic, social, and political troubles that afflicted Western Europe during ... A: (The Late Middle Ages): The period of the Late Middle Ages saw the development of the early forms ... | ||
| John Locke and Thomas Hobbes | 5/7/2011 | Conrad T. Jalowski |
| Q: The relationship between natural right and natural law according to Hobbes Thomas and John Locke A: (I. Classical Lex Naturalis "Law of Nature") Thomas Hobbes in his Leviathan or On the Civil and ... | ||
| Gobekli Tepe | 4/29/2011 | Hank Hokamp |
| Q: I'm asking you if you know any information about the archaeological site "Gobekli Tepe" in Turkey. ... A: Interesting subject: Location of site in SE Turkey. Göbekli Tepe (Turkish for "Potbelly hill") ... | ||
| Greetings | 3/29/2011 | Hank Hokamp |
| Q: I want to know if there were people who greeted each other with swearing in the Ancient world (at ... A: Hashem: SWEARING can be used in the following ways: 1. To make a solemn ... | ||
| Greetings | 3/28/2011 | Hank Hokamp |
| Q: I want to know if there were people who greeted each other with swearing in the Ancient world (at ... A: An apology is NOT necessary, Hashem. You're one of my new friends. Just glad you wrote to me ... | ||
| Egyptian Hieroglyphs | 3/18/2011 | Hank Hokamp |
| Q: What is the Egyptian hieroglyph for the word "Akhu" as it means "star people" or "people who came ... A: Chris: Akhu is a Muslim word. Search muslimditionary.com. The Ancient Egyptians ... | ||
| cavemen | 3/1/2011 | Hank Hokamp |
| Q: I'm in the 3rd grade and doing a projet on cavemen.I NEED to know what did they do to entertane then ... A: Diane. Thanks for theDid cavemen occasionally stop to smell the flowers, kiss their wives and play ... | ||
| cavemen | 2/28/2011 | Hank Hokamp |
| Q: what were some dangers they may have faced? A: Diane. Here's what I have for you: The earliest man, the caveman, only worked to fulfil his ... | ||
| Travel - Horse and Carriage? | 2/17/2011 | Hank Hokamp |
| Q: How did people, such as high ranking clergy (Bishops) in the Catholic Church travel from town to ... A: Here's a surprise for you, Steve: The mules of Asia Minor, Syria, Cyprus, Egypt, and ... | ||
| Ancient Roman names | 2/14/2011 | Francesco Marchesani |
| Q: Granted, it is a historical 'pattern' to name someone in ancient Rome due to some physical ... A: Actually the meaning of crispus is very clear: a person with curly hairs. A barber specialized in ... | ||
| Ancient Greece - Clothing | 2/2/2011 | Maria |
| Q: Did Ancient Greeks wear hoods? What I found on the net were mostly Ancient Roman depictions. A: Both the Greeks and the Romans wore hoods such as the Greek “fainóles” (in ancient Greek letters, ... | ||
| Ancient Roman names | 1/19/2011 | Francesco Marchesani |
| Q: So then is Shoemaker correct in his response to your answer to the original question? A: the information Shoemaker gives about barbers in ancient Rome is correct, however I don't agree with ... | ||
| Definition of Greek word | 1/19/2011 | Maria |
| Q: I understand the Greek term nous poiētikos (‘maker mind’) is synonymous with the term poiésis, ... A: First of all I have to point out again that such a question has to do with the categories Ancient ... | ||
| Definition of Greek word | 1/17/2011 | Maria |
| Q: What is the Greek definition of the word poiésis? I heard it means ‘making’ but not in the technical ... A: Actually the ancient Greek noun Ποίησις (transliterated as ... | ||
| Roman Army armor | 1/12/2011 | Maria |
| Q: I was wondering if the Roman army armor used in the movie gladiator was historically accurate. A: Sorry, but I cannot help you with this question firstly because Roman armours are not my field of ... | ||
| Ancient Roman names | 1/12/2011 | Francesco Marchesani |
| Q: Is the following true? The names of SS. Crispin and Crispinian are Anglicized praenominal names ... A: the explanation about SS. Crispin's and Crispinian's names is true, with just one precisation: ... | ||
| Roman quarry techniques | 11/11/2010 | Maria |
| Q: Is it true that Albanus Gaius (director of engineering and construction for Roman general Pompey) ... A: First of all the article you mention is not a primary source. ... | ||
| Roman quarry techniques | 11/10/2010 | Maria |
| Q: Is it true that Albanus Gaius (director of engineering and construction for Roman general Pompey) ... A: As far as I know, there is no primary Greek / Latin source which confirms that the Romans have used ... | ||
| Large Theatre at Pompeii | 10/8/2010 | Maria |
| Q: My question is about the “Large Theatre” at Pompeii. Can you please tell me what the purpose is ... A: So, the metal brackets that are sticking out of the ground in the “media cavea”, as I saw at ... | ||
| Large Theatre at Pompeii | 10/6/2010 | Maria |
| Q: My question is about the “Large Theatre” at Pompeii. Can you please tell me what the purpose is ... A: If you refer to this kind of metal fence installed throughout the “ima cavea” (i.e. the lower zone, ... | ||
| Spartan Schools | 10/3/2010 | Maria |
| Q: I really need to know about a historical fact... Because in the Spartan High School Musican Song on ... A: First of all I have to point out that in the strophe:” I’m wondering about love? It's banned until ... | ||
| Ancient History | 10/1/2010 | Francesco Marchesani |
| Q: Specifically, how did St. Paul, the apostle become a Roman citizen? A: St. Paul was a Roman citizen by birth. It is not known how Paul's family acquired the Roman ... | ||
| first Roman basilica | 9/30/2010 | Maria |
| Q: Is it known by what name the ancient Romans called their first basilica? I know that we call it ... A: a Roman living in the second century BC would have said exactly “Basilica Porcia”, where the Latin ... | ||
| sanctuary | 9/27/2010 | Maria |
| Q: Can a "sanctuary" refer to the entire grounds on which a temple is built? In other words, can the ... A: actually the term "sanctuary" should not be used to refer to the entire grounds on which a temple ... | ||
| Forms of Sanctuary | 9/26/2010 | Maria |
| Q: Can you please explain the difference between “Sanctuary” and “Temple”. I have been reading ... A: the “Sanctuary” (from Latin “sanctuarium”, from the adjective “ sanctus” meaning “sacred”) in the ... | ||
| Greco - Roman/Medieval Literature | 8/10/2010 | Maria |
| Q: What is the earliest extant original manuscript from antiquity? I've recently been watching Kenneth ... A: We have a vast manuscript tradition of Latin authors that have survived thanks to amanuenses, i.e. ... | ||
| Ancient Greek Prejudices | 8/9/2010 | Maria |
| Q: How did the population of one city-sate view that of others. e.g. what did the Corinthians think of ... A: As everywhere in the world, in Greece too there were many prejudices and generalizations. For ... | ||
| Ancient Greek Debate Forums? | 7/20/2010 | Maria |
| Q: I seem to remember when reading either Plato "The Republic" or a similar book about places that the ... A: Generally speaking, it was the “agorá” (ἀγορά , in ancient Greek letters) ... | ||
| Ancient Greece | 6/24/2010 | Maria |
| Q: Who did the Minoans trade with and what did they trade to each place? A: Generally speaking, the Minoans, who were skilful sailors and craftworkers, traded olive oil, wine, ... | ||
| Athenian democracy | 6/5/2010 | Conrad T. Jalowski |
| Q: Hey, im putting this on private because a guy in my class has tryed to steal a lot of my ideas ... A: James. Here is my lengthy response [With segments added from my intellectual writing] to your ... | ||
| Roman Crucifixion | 5/24/2010 | Maria |
| Q: I am wondering if there is ANY proof to where a person was nailed to the cross. Specifically the ... A: Actually there is no primary source that tells us how exactly a condemned man was nailed to the ... | ||
| Roman Usage of 'Gospel' (follow up) | 5/18/2010 | Maria |
| Q: Maria, I came across a very interesting answer you wrote last year regarding the Roman usage of the ... A: First of all I have to point out that in the answer you mention I was merely advancing a ... | ||
| need help | 5/11/2010 | Maria |
| Q: Were there any sports that were involved in helping the militaries performance? if so can i have ... A: From the early days of its foundation in 753 BC Rome that was essentially a landowning military ... | ||
| Caesar's Assassination | 4/25/2010 | Maria |
| Q: I am traveling to Rome on vacation and would like to find the spot that Caesar was assassinated. I ... A: First of all either Suetonius in his ‘Life of Caesar, chapter 80-81 or Cicero in“De divinatione" ... | ||
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